AND THE PLOT THICKENS – AT 12:31 P.M. ET:  I'm getting awfully tired of most of the media referring to some terrorists as "lone wolves."  After the label is carefully sewn on, we often learn that the loner wasn't so alone, that he was radicalized by others and often welcomed that radicalization.  And so it appears to be with the latest star in the terrorist firmament, this week's attacker in London.  From Fox:

LONDON – The man who killed four people outside Britain's Parliament was in Saudi Arabia three times and taught English there, the Middle Eastern country's embassy said.

A Saudi Embassy statement released late Friday said that Khalid Masood taught English in Saudi Arabia from November 2005 to November 2006 and again from April 2008 to April 2009.

The embassy said that he had a work visa. It said he returned for six days in March 2015 on a trip booked through an approved travel agent.

The Saudi Embassy said that he wasn't tracked by the country's security services and didn't have a criminal record there.

Before taking the name Masood, he was known as Adrian Elms. He was known for having a violent temper in England and had been convicted at least twice for violent crimes.

Masood drove his rented SUV across the crowded Westminster Bridge on Wednesday, striking pedestrians. Then he jumped out and attacked police officer Keith Palmer, who was guarding Parliament, fatally stabbing him before being shot dead by police.

In all, he killed four people and left more than two dozen hospitalized, including some with what have been described as catastrophic injuries. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.

COMMENT:  I guess he went to Saudi Arabia because he enjoyed the scenery.  Wonderful sand, I hear.

He wasn't a "lone wolf."  He was radicalized, and traveled to Saudi Arabia, a nation that historically has exported terror, although there's been some improvement in recent years.

The threat of terror continues, and some experts say it has increased.  Don't tell the media.

March 25, 2017